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Thorns Bring Home National Trophy

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 2013 – The Portland Thorns Football Club held a rally Wednesday for their boisterous fans at Jeld-Wen Field, in honor of bringing home the National Women's Soccer League Championship, in this, the Thorn's first season.

“We love our Thorns!” shouted Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, as the crowd roared. He was joined on stage by Portland Commissioner Nick Fish and Nancy Hales, Portland’s First Lady.

Hales pointed out that it was Portland’s first national professional sports championship since the 1977 Trail Blazers.

"It's been great to come home to a city you put so much pride into playing wearing that jersey and playing for Portland and seeing that reaction," said Thorns goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc, as quoted by Reporter Jeff Thompson of KGW.

The Thorns shut out the top-seeded Western New York Flash with a 2-0 win Saturday in Rochester ,N.Y., to win the national title. The team finish the season tied for the league lead with 38 points (11-6-5 overall), and drew average of 13,320 fans to 11 home matches.